Facebook’s Find Free WiFi Feature Rolls Out Worldwide

Facebook has extended its Find Free WiFi feature worldwide on both Android and iOS devices for its more than 2bn users. The company had started testing a Find WiFi option last fall only for iOS owners in some selected countries, but today the WiFi feature rolls out globally.

Find Free WiFi feature shows you nearby businesses that provide free WiFi to consumers and lists them on a map. It comes handy for those who are in the areas where cellular data is poor. Reports read,

“Wherever you are, you can easily map the closest connections when your data connection is weak.”

According to some trusted sources, FB adds WiFi finding feature for its 2bn monthly active users to help them find free WiFi hotspots wherever they go. The feature provides detailed information about businesses such as opening hours, what they do, as well as the WiFi network’s name.

Nevertheless, Facebook WiFi feature only works for companies that really state they provide a free WiFi connection on their FB page. Excited to find free WiFi hotspots on Facebook? Here’s how to do so.

How to Use Facebook’s Find Free WiFi Feature?

First of all, ensure that you’re running the latest Facebook version on your Android or iOS device

Next, launch the FB app and hit the three horizontal lines, baptized Hamburger Menu at the upper-right side on Android and in the bottom-right corner on iOS. Scroll down and tap on the Find WiFi option

Once in the Find WiFi section, you will need to turn on WiFi, if it’s not on already

Now, you can browse the closest available hotspots on a map and know more about the businesses hosting them

You will see the WiFi hotspots around you are represented by the red circles with a white center. All you need to do is just tap on any of the circles to preview where the hotspot is located. In order to learn more about the location, tap on the Visit Page option. You can tap on the Directions button to navigate to the location.

Right now, you are unable to access this map view with free WiFi hotspots from your computer. It also means that you can’t use the mobile FB site to try your hands on the new Find Free WiFi feature and will need to use the dedicated mobile apps on Android and iOS.

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